Hill and Dale Results 2005
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Overall


Race 11 : Donard Forest

18th June 2005

122 on the final night, 118 complete series, 274 different runners - a record breaking
Hill & Dale Series

The traditional Friday night for the 11th and final race of the www.mountainandwater.com 2005 Hill & Dale series did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the runners with a record number of 122 turning up for the steep climbs of Donard Forest.

It was a very pleasant evening, the height of summer, midges galore, but maybe not just as bad as previous years and still some scores to settle. Series champion for the second year in a row, Newcastle AC's Alan McKibben wasn't around that is until he appeared like the shopkeeper in Mr Benn at almost half past the hour and proceeded to set off at breakneck speed into the forest. Club mate Deon McNeilly, North Belfast's Neil Carty and BARF's Simon Taylor were to the fore in the chasing group.

In the ladies race, Newcastle AC's Kerry Harty, also champion for the second year in a row was up against Northern Ireland qualified Clare McKenna who is based in Middleton in Greater Manchester and runs for Horwich RMI. Also in the race and seeking to wrap up the Ladies Veteran 40 title was Anne Sandford whose closest opposition in this category comes from club mate Alwynne Shannon. Harty started at her usual fast pace and opened a gap on McKenna who in turn was pulling clear of Sandford.

The closest race of the night had a bearing on the junior title with Mid-Ulster's Jonathan McCloy looking to win to make it a hat trick of titles, with Newcastle's Adam Mitten looking for a win to equal McCloy on points. Mitten was beaten well at Meelbeg Meelmore last week and was looking to make amends this time.

McKibben reached the top on the shoulder above the Ballagh and the Quarry well clear of McNeilly and Carty. No one was going to stop him tonight and he buzzed home in 31 minutes and 19 seconds only 12 seconds outside his course record from last year. Carty and McNeilly battled it out all the way before McNeilly finally stretched away to make second by 13 seconds.

After much talk of more course-marking being needed in the narrow downhill trail section in the Wood, the scribe, in fourth place at the time, having just moved passed Ed Hanna, who waited to be shown the way down, promptly missed a right turn that eventually cost the both of them 1 minute and four places. They weren't the only ones to detour in the Wood, which made the final results of this race a little different than expected.

Meanwhile, McCloy was running as strongly and pulling away with each kilometre from Mitten. He came home to a resounding victory in 13th overall in 35 minutes and 32 seconds just over a minute clear to take a hat trick of titles.

Harty smashed her own record by over one minute to register 38 minutes and 36 seconds in an excellent 24th place overall in the 122-strong field. McKenna was second Sandford winning the ladies veteran40 title and taking second in the overall Series.

Another important win of the night went to Ballydrain's Dominic McGreevy, 18th in 36 minutes and 47 seconds to clinch the vet45 title from BARF's Jim Brown. Other category winners were Billy McKay, vet50 17th in 36 minutes and 41 seconds, Willowfield's Des McHenry 46th and vet55 winner in 41 minutes and 13 seconds and John Adgey, vet60 winner in 45 minutes and 25 seconds.

BOGBOY

1 Alan McKibben Newcastle AC O
31:19
2 Deon McNeilly Newcastle AC V40
32:01
3 Neil Carty North Belfast O
14
4 Simon Taylor BARF O
33:10
5 Gary Bailey ACKC O
28
6 Des Woods ACKC O
33
7 Eddie Hanna ACKC O
39
8 Richard Rodgers Newcastle AC V40
47
9 Stevie Cunningham Newcastle AC O
50
10 Eamon McCrickard Newcastle AC O
35:22
11 Steve Begley Albertville V40
24
12 Damien Brannigan Newcastle AC O
27
13 Jonathan McCloy Mid Ulster J
32
14 Paul Mawhirt Newcastle AC O
44
15 Andrew Niblock ACKC O
54
16 Adam Mitten Newcastle AC J
36:35
17 Billy McKay Albertville V50
41
18 Dominic McGreevy Ballydrain V45
47
19 Christopher Muldoon Armagh AC O
37:07
20 Keith Annett ACKC O
11
21 Mark Hanna ACKC O
49
22 Barry Wells Newcastle AC V40
38:26
23 Carl Ruddle Newcastle AC O
34
24 Kerry Harty Newcastle AC L
36
25 Samuel Herron ACKC O
43
26 James Keown ACKC O
48
27 Charlie McAlinden Newcastle AC V45
50
28 Ivan Millar LVO O
59
29 Paddy Mallon BARF V40
39:10
30 Jim Erskine U/A O
10
31 Dave Ewart BARF O
27
32 Peter Howie Larne V45
27
33 Mael O'Hare Newcastle AC O
44
34 Johnny Lowe U/A O
48
35 Roy Donaldson ACKC O
56
36 Clive Coffey Physio&Co V40
40:07
37 Jens Mueller Lunchtime Legends V40
19
38 Cecil McCullough ACKC V40
21
39 Marty McMullan Newcastle AC O
27
40 Stephen Kennedy Larne O
34
41 Brian Wilson U/A O
36
42 Clare McKenna Horwich RMI L
38
43 Eddie O'Hagan Team Purple V40
51
44 Thomas Turner U/A J
41:04
45 Clive Bailey U/A O
05
46 Des McHenry Willowfield V55
13
47 Alwynne Shannon Newcastle AC LV40
15
48 Aiden Campbell U/A O
22
49 Gareth McKeown U/A V40
29
50 Micky Harty U/A O
39
51 Gerry Kingston BARF V40
40
52 Noel Douglas Newcastle AC V45
41
53 Declan McElroy U/A V40
58
54 Francis Nugent Newcastle AC O
42:01
55 David Bell Newcastle AC V45
04
56 Cormac Muldoon Armagh AC V45
05
57 Eddie Bell Abbey V40
11
58 Frank Gorman U/A O
12
59 Anne Sandford Newcastle AC LV40
20
60 Mike Barton ACKC V50
43:07
61 Dave Goddard Newcastle AC V50
11
62 Patrick Lemoine BARF O
18
63 Ricky Cowan Willowfield V55
23
64 Darren Herron ACKC O
28
65 John McBride BARF V50
30
66 Francis Boal Ballydrain V55
34
67 Nicholas Dunne Lunchtime Legends O
37
68 Andy Bridge U/A V40
42
69 Paul Fegan Newcastle AC O
45
70 Joe Quinn East Down V55
46
71 Mark Pruzina BARF V40
53
72 Patrick Higgins LVO J
56
73 Brian Wilson Lagan Valley O
44:01
74 Ed Smith Lunchtime Legends V50
06
75 Marty McVeigh Newcastle AC V50
11
76 Greg Lennon Physio&Co O
21
77 James Smyth U/A V40
33
78 Clare Galbraith Newcastle AC LV40
47
79 John Adgey ACKC V60
45:25
80 Sam Lamont U/A O
30
81 Peter McClenaghan BARF V40
39
82 Brian Campbell Newcastle AC O
42
83 Chris McCrory BARF O
46
84 Andrew McGibbon BARF O
49
85 Paul Watson Newcastle AC V40
54
86 Willie John Brown Newcastle AC V50
46:01
87 Andrew Campbell ACKC V40
07
88 Seamus White Newcastle AC V45
21
89 Des O'Hagan Physio&Co V45
22
90 Tom O'Dowd North Down V40
33
91 Denis Rankin BARF V60
37
92 Colin Smyth BARF O
44
93 Gary McLoughlin Newcastle AC V40
47:02
94 Kieran Rocks LVO O
05
95 Barbara Brown ACKC LV45
21
96 Clarke Campbell BARF O
30
97 Simon Whalley U/A V40
49
98 Barry Rankin ACKC V45
51
99 Mark Hopkins U/A O
53
100 Paul McCormac Physio&Co O
57
101 Nigel McKeown U/A V40
48:01
102 Ian Luney BARF O
08
103 Gordon Stephens LVO V45
10
104 Connel Nugent Newcastle AC V40
19
105 Norma Rea BARF L
37
106 Anne George Newcastle AC LV40
49:26
107 Jocelyn Cull North Belfast L
28
108 Peter Turkington ACKC V50
50:04
109 Wendy Findlay Newcastle AC LV35
08
110 Anne Hannon Lunchtime Legends LV35
08
111 Ian Taylor BARF V55
54:18
112 Gerard Higgins LVO J
55:07
113 Bill Hopkins LVO V55
17
114 Annabel Cleave U/A L35
30
115 Pauline O'Hara BARF LV40
56:34
116 Artie Quinn U/A V50
57:39
117 Rachael Wilson U/A L40
58:22
118 Neil Granger Lunchtime Legends V50
59:37
119 Miles Cawthorn North Belfast O
64:44
120 Peter McGuckin ACKC V50
DNF
121 Dave Wilson LVO O
DNF
122 Colin Atkinson U/A O
DNF

 

 

Team Result (3 to count)
1 Newcastle 11
2 ACKC 18
2 BARFArmagh 64
5 Lunchtime Legends 178
6 LVO 194
9 Physio&Co 201
10 North Belfast 229

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